Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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WiFi problems fixed, ITS says

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, April 30, 2009

Recent student-reported problems with wireless connectivity and connection speed have been resolved, David Galassi, the Internet Technology Services director of network services, said Wednesday.

In response to an article published by the News earlier this month revealing student dissatisfaction with wireless, Galassi said ITS Network Services conducted an in-depth analysis of the network and, on April 21, discovered a software bug that had previously gone undetected by network monitors. A software patch was applied to central campus’s network system Friday morning and Galassi said...

#1 By Anon 10:41a.m. on April 30, 2009

Wow ITS, great job fixing a problem every student has known about for the entire your. Why do people get congratulated for doing their job?

#2 By (Anonymous) 11:59a.m. on April 30, 2009

Maybe it's been better in Bass, but I've still had plenty of problems around campus in the past week...

#3 By Veritas 3:28p.m. on April 30, 2009

I've had consistent problems with YaleWPA2. It usually requires me to log into yale wireless first, get an IPv4 address through that, then switch back over to YaleWPA2. YaleWPA2 is much faster, though, so it's worth it.

#4 By 2011 5:52p.m. on April 30, 2009

I've noticed that the wireless in Bass is a lot better now. Good job ITS.

#5 By (Anonymous) 8:14p.m. on April 30, 2009

Who is allowed to use the YaleWPA networks? I'm a junior who lives on campus but I don't know the passwords.

#6 By anon 1:07a.m. on May 1, 2009

Anyone with a NetID and password can log onto YaleWPA and YaleWPA2. These are encrypted networks (as opposed to Yale Wireless which is not password protected).

#7 By Uh, no 2:08a.m. on May 1, 2009

Uh, no.

#8 By (Anonymous) 3:42p.m. on May 1, 2009

You have to configure your computer to use Yale's WPA and WPA2 networks. Instructions can be found here: http://www.yale.edu/its/network/wireless/wpa/

(HEY ITS: This is WAY to hard to find from your website. Can you fix that please?)

#9 By puhleeeassse 11:15p.m. on May 2, 2009

really ITS? i have to go through a friend's router right now. seriously...do your job. also, why does old campus still not get yale wireless?

who cares about gender neutral dorms? let's get some gender neutral wi-fi first.

#10 By BR'10 8:19a.m. on May 5, 2009

@#9: Unfortunately, gender neutral WiFi is impossible because women are worse than men at using and understanding technology.

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